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RIBA London has announced the winners of its Forgotten Spaces competition, asking for design solutions for underused places across the capital. Scott Brownrigg's public pool filling the tramway entrance at Kingsway was among the top three prize winners.

JAIA LTD's scheme, an alternative vision of a pedestrian walkway and market connecting the old Kingsway tramway entrance with Holborn Station, received a commendation.

The competition - open to London-based students, artists and design professionals - attracted 150 entries, of which 19 made the final shortlist, including Chris Hildrey's gardens scheme above defunct ventilation shafts along the length of the Central Line.

Submissions ranged from vacant back alleyways in Haringey, to the banks of the tidal Thames and the green central grass verges on Park Lane, where a multi-surface activity centre - seen here - was among the proposals.

Judges claim the competition highlights "the potential in the city's landscape for interventions". They praised the "exciting thinking" that was revealed - such as Dan Dodds' scheme for a City restaurant with abbatoir, tannery and leather workshop on site.

The competition's other top prize winners were Gort Scott for his development of existing reservoirs along the middle Lee Valley and Craft Pegg Limited's proposal for floating natural habitats on East India Dock.

Forgotten Spaces is an ideas-based competition and entries will not be built. This scheme, however, for a light installation on the underside of the M4 in Hounslow and others like it, can be seen in an accompanying exhibition at the National Theatre.

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